Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House
May 25, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Calvin Coolidge wasn't as big a baseball fan as his wife, Grace. But even Silent Cal got swept up in the excitement of the Washington Senators' unexpectedly successful season in 1924.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving forward allowing schools to earn more money generated from their own postseason performances, a move coming as the league tries to find ways to close a growing financial gap with two power-conference peers.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake will not face charges in a fatal shooting on a rival college’s campus last year, according to authorities.
The Bernalillo District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday evening that “the decision to not charge Mike Peake was made by the prior administration based on all the facts and evidence presented to them.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned.
USC confirmed the 62-year-old Bohn's resignation Friday, roughly 3 1/2 years after he succeeded Lynn Swann in the high-profile job.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson looked like a double threat in Indianapolis 500 practice Thursday.
First, he charged to the top of the speed chart with a lap of 229.607 mph on the 2.5-mile oval.
Brooks Koepka enters the PGA Championship ready to move on after “choking” at the Masters
May 18, 2023 GMTDifficult as it might be to acknowledge, Brooks Koepka is not too proud in admitting to “choking” at The Masters last month.
Koepka first used the word during a Barstool Sports podcast, in which he said his motivation was to beat the hosts to the punch by saying he choked first before they had a chance.
ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC
May 17, 2023 GMTAMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference emerged from three days of spring meetings at a posh, oceanside resort with one resolution: the formalization of tiebreaker rules for the league’s new, no-division format.
MIAMI (AP) — Inside the Miami Heat locker room, now officially halfway to the season’s ultimate goal, Erik Spoelstra stepped onto the NBA championship logo on the center of the floor and gathered his team around him.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted Wednesday there was no political motivation behind the decision for his national championship football team to decline an invitation to visit the White House in June.
Mike Krzyzewski is coming out of retirement and heading to the NBA — as an adviser, not a coach.
The league said Wednesday that Krzyzewski, the Hall of Famer and all-time men's college Division I coaching wins leader, is its new special adviser to basketball operations.
Georgia’s championship team declines White House invitation
May 10, 2023 GMTATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's national championship football team is declining an invitation to visit the White House.
According to a statement released by the Georgia athletic association on Tuesday, the Bulldogs will not be able to attend a June 12 event with other college teams at the White House.
Big East tabs SEC administrator Leibovitz to replace Jackson
May 9, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Big East announced Tuesday it has hired Southeastern Conference administrator Dan Leibovitz as senior associate commissioner for men's basketball, replacing Stu Jackson.
Jackson, the former NBA and college head coach, was hired away from the Big East to become the commissioner of the West Coast Conference in March.
Clemson adds Syracuse’s Girard, 3 others to hoops team
May 9, 2023 GMTCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson has added four transfers including high-scoring, ex-Syracuse player Joseph Girard III to its men's basketball roster for next season.
The school announced Tuesday that Girard, former North Carolina State forward Jack Clark, ex-Air Force guard Jake Heidbreder and former UNC Greensboro forward Bas Leyte all signed with the Tigers for next season.
AP source: K-State close to $44 million new deal for Klieman
May 8, 2023 GMTKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State and Chris Klieman are finalizing a new contract that would give the football coach a substantial pay raise while keeping him tied to the program for the next eight seasons, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday.
Bidens to host UConn, LSU basketball teams at White House
May 8, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, plan to welcome the men's and women's NCAA basketball champions to the White House later this month.
The University of Connecticut Huskies men's team beat San Diego State 76-59 in April to secure its fifth national title.
Stoudamire hires former GW head coach Hobbs as top assistant
May 5, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — New Georgia Tech men's basketball coach Damon Stoudamire announced his staff on Friday, which includes former George Washington coach Karl Hobbs as his top assistant.
The 61-year-old Hobbs compiled a record of 166-129 over a decade-long tenure at George Washington that included three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Huskers set to play Oregon St. in basketball in South Dakota
May 4, 2023 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nebraska will play Oregon State in a men's basketball game at the Sanford Pentagon on Nov. 18, the second time in five years the Cornhuskers have played in the venue.
Sanford Sports announced the matchup Thursday and said ticket information would be released later.
Wednesday’s Transactions
May 4, 2023 GMTBASEBALL
Mississippi State’s Jans signs extension through 2026-27
May 3, 2023 GMTSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State coach Chris Jans has signed a contract extension through the 2026-27 season.
The school on Wednesday announced the move, which came after Jans led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament in his first season.
NCAA’s four-year academic progress rate score steady
May 2, 2023 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ever-evolving world of college sports hasn't yet made a significant impact on the NCAA's annual Academic Progress Rate scores.
The overall score for Division I athletes held steady at 984 despite slight decreases in the three most visible sports, according to the latest four-year results released Tuesday.
Jackson, Hurley celebrate UConn’s title at Citi Field
May 1, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Four weeks after winning UConn's fifth NCAA men’s basketball championship, coach Dan Hurley and Andre Jackson Jr. got to celebrate the experience at Citi Field on Monday afternoon.
Jackson, one of the starters on the Huskies and a native of upstate Amsterdam, threw out the ceremonial first pitch while his head coach, Hurley, and members of the UConn staff watched prior to the first game of the New York Mets’ doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves.
Friday’s Transactions
April 29, 2023 GMTBASEBALL
UConn faces major rebuild weeks after winning 5th NCAA title
April 20, 2023 GMTSTORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley is facing a major rebuild of his team just 17 days after guiding the Huskies to the program's fifth national championship.
Since winning the title on April 3, seven Connecticut players with eligibility remaining have announced plans to either leave the program or at least test their options.
Alabama hires Austin Claunch as assistant hoops coach
April 18, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nate Oats has hired Nicholls State head coach Austin Claunch to fill one of his three vacancies on the bench.
Oats announced the hiring on Tuesday of Claunch, who led Nicholls State to 90 wins over the last five seasons and back-to-back Southland Conference regular season titles.
Tuesday’s Transactions
April 12, 2023 GMTBASEBALL
AP source: ACC reaches 3-year extension deal with Phillips
April 12, 2023 GMTThe Atlantic Coast Conference has reached a three-year extension agreement with commissioner Jim Phillips, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league hasn’t publicly announced the agreement.
Gators launch ‘Florida Victorious’ to revamp, streamline NIL
April 11, 2023 GMTGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three months after losing blue-chip quarterback Jaden Rashada over a failed name, image and likeness deal worth nearly $14 million, the University of Florida is taking advantage of a new state law that allows colleges and coaches to facilitate NIL opportunities.
Tasha Butts hired as Georgetown’s women’s basketball coach
April 11, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime college assistant Tasha Butts was hired as the head coach of Georgetown’s women’s basketball team on Tuesday.
Butts replaces James Howard, whose contract was not renewed last month after four consecutive losing seasons at the school.
Louisville transfer Withers headed to North Carolina
April 11, 2023 GMTCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Louisville forward Jae'Lyn Withers says he's transferring to North Carolina.
Withers announced his decision Tuesday in a social media post.
Connecticut gov, Houston mayor trade barbs after Final Four
April 6, 2023 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's governor took a shot at the city of Houston following the NCAA Tournament's Final Four, which was held in that city last weekend.
UConn-Kansas highlights Big East-Big 12 slate next season
April 6, 2023 GMTThe past two national champions will meet when Connecticut visits Kansas as part of the Big East-Big 12 Battle next season.
The announcement Thursday of the fifth year in the scheduling alliance comes four days after the Huskies beat San Diego State for the NCAA Tournament title.
UConn’s victory over SDSU lowest-viewed NCAA final on record
April 5, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Connecticut's victory over San Diego State in the men's national championship game ended up being the lowest-viewed final on record.
The Huskies' 76-59 win averaged 14.69 million viewers on CBS.
Purdue’s Zach Edey wins Wooden Award as top hoops player
April 5, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Purdue center Zach Edey has won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s top men’s college basketball player.
UConn returns home to celebrations, vandalism on campus
April 5, 2023 GMTSTORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Dan Hurley let the moment envelope him Tuesday on the 40-mile ride from Bradley International Airport back to campus watching the fans who hung signs from highway overpasses and lined the streets leading into Storrs.
Biden to host NCAA champs UConn, LSU; doesn’t mention Iowa
April 4, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday scrapped the idea of inviting the NCAA champion Louisiana State women's basketball team along with Iowa's players, who lost the title to LSU, to celebrate at the White House.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
April 4, 2023 GMTThe USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men's basketball poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team's RECORDS THROUGH END OF SEASON, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week's poll:
UConn emerges victorious after March Madness full of upsets
April 4, 2023 GMTThe Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness. More than a few, actually.
UConn March Madness steamroller could be start of a new era
April 4, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — There was a short list of believers in the potential of a rebuilt UConn roster before the season started.
It was made up mostly of the UConn players and coaches themselves.
The team that was among “others receiving votes” in the first AP poll of the season ended up cutting down nets after the last game — as sure a sign as any that in the new college landscape reconstituted by the transfer portal and name, image and likeness deals, anything is possible.
UConn wins March Madness with 76-59 smothering of SDSU
April 4, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — After six games and 240 minutes of pure dominance that ran through March, then part of April, it finally became clear there was only one thing that could stop the UConn Huskies.
March Madness: UConn not a top seed, but played like one
April 4, 2023 GMTUConn was not a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. Even so, the Huskies sure played like one.
In a March Madness unique because of early exits from the favorites, it was No.
NCAA Basketball Champions
April 4, 2023 GMTHere are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship:
NCAA Basketball Champions
April 4, 2023 GMTHere are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship:
LSU’s Mulkey talks “timing” as national champs return home
April 3, 2023 GMTBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU's national championship women's basketball team returned to campus on Monday where thousands of fans gathered to welcome them back.
“Timing is everything in our lives,” LSU coach and Louisiana native Kim Mulkey told the cheering crowd.
NCAA Basketball Champions
April 3, 2023 GMTHere are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship:
BC-BKC--NCAA Basketball Champions
April 3, 2023 GMTHere are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship:
Women’s hoops might rule UConn, but men vying for 5th title
April 2, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Ask some college sports fans what they think of when the name “UConn” comes up and the first probably isn't the men’s basketball program, despite being one win away from its fifth national title.
Sports on TV for Monday, April 3
April 2, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
UConn’s Hawkins bounces back from illness in Final Four win
April 2, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Jordan Hawkins spent most of Friday in bed except when he went to the bathroom to throw up. He barely slept. Yet there was no way he wasn't going to be ready for Connecticut's game against Miami in the Final Four.
March Madness: San Diego State to meet UConn in title game
April 2, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Lamont Butler hit the biggest shot in San Diego State history, putting the Aztecs in the national championship game for the first time.
UConn puts Final Four beatdown on Miami 72-59
April 2, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Nobody was guarding UConn’s best player. So Adama Sanogo spun the ball to get his fingers just right, set his feet behind the 3-point line and splashed in the shot. Then, less than a minute later, he did it again.
Butler’s buzzer-beater sends San Diego State to title game
April 2, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — San Diego State's vaunted defense staggered well into the second half as free-flowing Florida Atlantic breezed to a 14-point lead.
The Aztecs found their teeth again to get back into the game.
Morris reunion with Mulkey has NCAA title game finale at LSU
April 1, 2023 GMTDALLAS (AP) — Alexis Morris will finish her college career playing in a national championship game for Kim Mulkey, the coach who five years ago kicked the standout guard off another team.
For Morris, it has been quite a journey of growth and maturation from her freshman season at Baylor and through two other programs before a reunion with Mulkey at LSU that will end on the biggest stage.
Marquette’s Shaka Smart voted men’s AP coach of the year
April 1, 2023 GMTShaka Smart has packed an entire career's worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an improbable Final Four as a 30-something wunderkind in 2011, guided mighty Texas to a Big 12 Tournament title during six otherwise tepid years in Austin, and now has turned Marquette into a Big East beast.
Purdue’s Zach Edey named AP men’s player of the year
April 1, 2023 GMTIn the days after Purdue's historic NCAA Tournament loss, Zach Edey kept to himself. He turned his phone turned off, along with the rest of the outside world.
Sports on TV for Sunday, April 2
April 1, 2023 GMTSunday, April 2
Mulkey, LSU women rally in Final Four, reach 1st title game
April 1, 2023 GMTDALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey is back in another national championship game, this time taking the flagship university from her home state there for the first time.
It took LSU only two seasons to get there with the feisty and flamboyantly dressed coach, and a big comeback in the national semifinal game that was quite an undercard Friday night.
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March 31, 2023 GMTSaturday, April 1
Texas Tech hires coach Grant McCasland after NIT title
March 31, 2023 GMTGrant McCasland was hired as Texas Tech’s new coach Friday, getting a six-year contract with the Red Raiders a day after North Texas won the NIT title to wrap up that school’s first 30-win season.
North Texas was 135-65 in six seasons under McCasland, who has a master’s degree from Texas Tech.
San Diego State’s Final Four run a boon for its conference
March 31, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — The joy around the Mountain West Conference is palpable, stretching from the league office to each of its member schools.
After numerous near-misses, San Diego State gave the conference its first Final Four team by beating Creighton in the NCAA Tournament last weekend.